China News Service, Beijing, February 22 (Reporter Kan Feng) 3 "grain officials" in Inner Mongolia were sacked at the same time, Liaoning reported that 7 "grain officials" were investigated, and 27 people in Zhejiang's food system have been investigated this year... Recently, The anti-corruption storm broke out in the food system of many places, and all localities made great efforts to rectify corruption in the fields of grain purchase and sales, and a number of "big rats" and "ant greed" were uncovered.

Data map: The harvester harvests wheat in the farmland.

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Anti-corruption storm blows in granary, Zhejiang has investigated 27 people this year

  On the morning of the 21st, the Sichuan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision announced that Wang Qingnian, a member of the party group, deputy director and second-level inspector of the Sichuan Provincial Grain and Material Reserve Bureau, was suspected of serious violations of discipline and law, and is currently undergoing disciplinary review and supervision investigation.

Wang Qingnian has served in the army for a long time. In September 2006, he began to work in the Sichuan Provincial Grain Bureau and has been under investigation until now.

  Also on the morning of the 21st, the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission released a data that since the beginning of this year, 27 people in the food system in Zhejiang Province have been investigated, and 8 of them voluntarily surrendered.

  Zhejiang is the second largest grain sales area in the country, and the lack of grain self-sufficiency is mainly solved by purchasing and importing from outside the province.

However, in the field of grain purchase, sale, purchase and storage, since the end of last year, a group of relevant persons in charge of state-owned grain enterprises in Zhejiang have been investigated, including Fu Anmin, secretary of the party committee, chairman and general manager of Zhejiang Grain Group Co., Ltd.

  Inner Mongolia was also heavily sacked by "grain officials". In the middle of the night on February 11, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision notified the news that three grain system officials had been investigated, including the former members of the Party Group of the Autonomous Region Development and Reform Commission and the former Party Secretary of the Autonomous Region's Grain and Material Reserve Bureau. , Zhang Tianxi, director; Fan Junzhen, executive director and manager of Inner Mongolia Baita National Grain Reserve Transfer Co., Ltd.; Li Jianqing, legal representative of Autonomous Region Grain Reserve Management Co., Ltd.

  These people have been working in the food field for a long time, and their service time is even more than 30 years.

  It is also Liaoning that has set off an anti-corruption storm in the granary.

On February 17, the Liaoning Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision announced that 7 party members and cadres in the field of grain purchase and sales were investigated, including Lin Rongde, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Liaoning Provincial Grain Group Co., Ltd., and Deputy General Manager of the Central Grain Reserve Dandong Direct Storage Co., Ltd. Wang Jun et al.

Data map: Wheat.

Photo by Li Jiangning

Grain director "relying on grain for food" accepts nearly 60 million bribes

  In August 2021, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission will deploy nationwide special rectification work on corruption in the field of grain purchase and sales.

In November, 10 typical cases were publicly notified, involving business supervisory departments and state-owned grain enterprises, covering multiple links such as grain purchase, storage, and sales.

  For example, Wu Xincheng, the former Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the Shaanxi Provincial Grain Bureau, took bribes of more than 59.45 million yuan to seek benefits for others in terms of grain storage quota allocation, project contracting, and enterprise management.

  Yang Bin, former director of the Local Grain Reserve Management Center in Datong City, Shanxi Province, embezzled more than 3.38 million yuan in public funds by overreporting and falsely reporting the payment for grain purchases and not recording the payment for grain sales; he instructed his subordinates and several grain brokers to sell grain payments of 4.36 million The remaining yuan is deposited into his personal bank account for stock purchases and personal consumption.

  Liu Rizhao, former secretary of the party committee and general manager of Foshan Grain Reserve Management Corporation of Guangdong Province, in the procurement of wheat business of Foshan Grain Reserve Management Corporation, together with others, embezzled more than 1.26 million yuan of public funds by reimbursement of false transportation invoices; In terms of storage qualifications, grain purchase and sales, warehouse rental and escrow management, etc., he seeks benefits for others and accepts bribes of more than 1.37 million yuan.

Data map: The staff is leveling the full grain depot.

Starting from the bottom, checking back, setting up a report box... All localities have launched special rectification

  At the end of last year, the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and State Supervision Commission released the top ten anti-corruption words in 2021. "Gran granary rat" became one of the top ten hot words. This word was interpreted as "a daring and insatiable 'reliant on grain' corruption." .

  At the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection held at the beginning of this year, "deepening the special rectification of corruption in the fields of grain purchase and sales" was included in this year's key anti-corruption work.

  In various places, special governance targeting corruption in the field of grain purchases and sales has also been carried out one after another.

  For example, under the supervision and promotion of the Shaanxi Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision, the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Finance has investigated the policy grain reserve costs since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. report box.

  The Henan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision jointly established 6 supervision groups with capital and grain departments, focusing on the main responsibility of the party committee and government for food safety, the supervision responsibility of the supervisory department, and the implementation of the implementation responsibility of state-owned grain enterprises. During the supervision and inspection, it was found that there were 138 outstanding problems in 8 aspects in the special rectification, and timely follow up and urge rectification.

  In the special rectification of corruption in the field of grain purchase and sales launched in Zhejiang, the discipline inspection and supervision organs at all levels in the province have disposed of 401 clues on grain-related issues, filed 144 cases, and placed 41 people in custody.

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